Lehigh Valley company news

April 24, 2013

Signs By Tomorrow of Allentown wins gold ADDY

Signs By Tomorrow of Allentown earned a gold ADDY award in the best promotion sales display category from the American Advertising Federation – Greater Lehigh Valley Chapter during its 13th annual ADDY Awards presentation.

The ADDY Awards is a three-tiered national competition conducted annually by the American Advertising Federation. It is the advertising industry's largest and most-representative competition for creative excellence and recognizes the best advertising in a variety of categories, including interactive media, television, newspaper, public service, consumer magazine and sales promotion. Signs By Tomorrow of Allentown was among 14 agencies, companies and nonprofits honored with gold awards in the 13th annual ADDY Awards.

Kraemer Schurman earns W3 award

Kraemer Schurman Advertising and Design Inc. was recognized by W3 Awards in 2012 with a Silver Award for its work with St. Luke's University Health Network. St. Luke's engaged Kraemer Schurman Advertising and Design in the design, implementation and maintenance of both their Internet and Intranet.

The award honors creative excellence on the Web, giving recognition to the work and talent behind award-winning sites, marketing programs and video.

The W3 Awards is the first major Web competition to be accessible to agencies and design firms of every type and size. Small firms are as likely to win as Fortune 500 companies and international agencies. In its seventh year, the W3 Awards received more than 3,000 entries from a wide range of creative enterprises.

OCS Logistics purchases former Paris Accessories

Hawley Realty Inc. has confirmed that OCS Logistics has purchased the former Paris Accessories plant in Allentown.

With the addition of this facility, OCS Logistics will operate nearly 1.1 million square feet of temperature-controlled space in four distribution facilities serving both regional and national distribution customers.

With sustainability in mind and a focus on environmental core values, OCS Logistics selected to renovate and revitalize this Allentown facility. Major facility modifications will be made to the building, including raising the roof height from 16 to nearly 30 feet to increase usable cubic capacity for storage and distribution efficiencies; a completely "green" transformation of the building. Refrigeration systems are being added to widen the potential customer base

OCS anticipates an initial employment of more than 50 employees at the facility to service its distribution contracts; increased job growth is expected as building modifications are completed.

Amy Hawley, principle of Hawley Realty, assisted both parties in this transaction.